Mattie Midgett Store and House

Mattie Midgett Store and House, also known as Nellie Myrtle Pridgen's Beachcomber Museum, is a historic home and general store located at Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina. The store was built in 1914, and the house in 1933. The store is a two-story frame Outer Banks Shingle Style building with a hipped shingle roof. A one-story, hipped-roof, one-room addition was built in 1944. The store was moved to its present site in 1932. The house is a two-story, T -shaped, single-pile frame dwelling with steeply pitched gable roofs.[2]

Mattie Midgett Store and House
Mattie Midgett Store and House is located in North Carolina
Mattie Midgett Store and House
Mattie Midgett Store and House is located in the United States
Mattie Midgett Store and House
Location4008 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, North Carolina
Coordinates35°57′23″N 75°37′28″W / 35.95639°N 75.62444°W / 35.95639; -75.62444
Arealess than one acre
Built1914 (1914), 1933, 1944
Architectural styleOuter Banks Shingle
NRHP reference No.04001389[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 2004

The store houses the Outer Banks Beachcomber Museum, which features a collection of beach glass, feathers, shells, sand, bricks and bottles found on area beaches.[3][4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Beth Keane (June 2004). "Mattie Midgett Store and House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  3. ^ "Outer Banks Beachcomber Museum". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  4. ^ Marimar McNaughton (June 2014). "The Beachcomber". Wrightsville Beach Magazine. Retrieved 7 December 2014.